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Position: | Offensive lineman / Defensive lineman | ||||||||||
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Date of birth: | November 18, 1969 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | San Jose, California | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||||
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College: | Sonoma State | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1992 | ||||||||||
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Player stats at ArenaFan.com |
Tackles: | 154 |
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Sacks: | 57.5 |
Interceptions: | 4 |
Receptions-Yards: | 22-299 |
Touchdowns: | 9 |
Sam Hernandez (born November 18, 1968) is a former American football defensive lineman in the Arena Football League. He is from San Jose, California and played college football at Sonoma State.
Hernandez played for the Charlotte Rage, Las Vegas Sting, Anaheim Piranhas, and San Jose SaberCats. In 2011, Hernandez was elected into the Arena Football Hall of Fame.
Hernandez attended Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, where he was a member of the football team. From 1990 to 1991, he was the most dominate defensive player in the Northern California Athletic Conference, twice winning Defensive Player of the Year and two first team All-Northern California Athletic Conference selections.